Journal of International Reproductive Health/Family Planning ›› 2015, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 309-311.

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Is Air Pollution Associated with Gestational Hypertension and Diabetes?

ZHANG Yan-yan,HOU Hai-yan,CHEN Ya-qiong   

  1. The Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Chinese People′s Armed Police Forces,Tianjin Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Occupational and Environmental Hazards,Tianjin 300162,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Published:2015-07-15 Online:2015-07-15
  • Contact: CHEN Ya-qiong

Abstract: Along with the rapid development of industrialization, the environmental air pollution is increasingly serious. Investigation shows that air pollution may lead to respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease. In recent years, studies showed that air pollution also affected women health, especially the effect of air pollution on pregnancy complications has received extensive attention in the world. The gestational hypertensive disorder and gestational diabetes mellitus are the most common two pregnancy complications. The physiological characteristics of pregnant women,such as the increased blood volume, the increased cardiac load, leukocytosis, the accelerated slightly breathing frequency and the increased fat deposition, make pregnant women and fetus to be susceptible to pollutants and to increase exposure to air pollutants. In this paper, the relationship between air pollution and gestational hypertensive disorder and gestational diabetes was discussed.

Key words: Air pollution, Pregnancy complications, Pregnancy complications, cardiovascular, Diabetes, gestational